calibrar

Catalan

Etymology

From calibre +‎ -ar.

Verb

calibrar (first-person singular present calibro, first-person singular preterite calibrí, past participle calibrat)

1. (transitive) to calibrate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calibrar (first conjugation)

infinitive			calibrar
gerund			calibrant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		calibrat		calibrada
		plural		calibrats		calibrades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	calibro	calibres	calibra	calibrem	calibreu	calibren
	imperfect	calibrava	calibraves	calibrava	calibràvem	calibràveu	calibraven
	future	calibraré	calibraràs	calibrarà	calibrarem	calibrareu	calibraran
	preterite	calibrí	calibrares	calibrà	calibràrem	calibràreu	calibraren
	conditional	calibraria	calibraries	calibraria	calibraríem	calibraríeu	calibrarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	calibri	calibris	calibri	calibrem	calibreu	calibrin
	imperfect	calibrés	calibressis	calibrés	calibréssim	calibréssiu	calibressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	calibra	calibri	calibrem	calibreu	calibrin
	negative (no)	—	no calibris	no calibri	no calibrem	no calibreu	no calibrin

Derived terms

• calibrador
• calibratge

Further reading

• “calibrar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Portuguese

Etymology

From calibre +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.liˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [ka.liˈbɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.liˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [ka.liˈbɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ka.liˈbɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ka.liˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [ka.liˈbɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.liˈbɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.liˈbɾaɾ/ [kɐ.liˈβɾaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.liˈbɾaɾ/ [kɐ.liˈβɾaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.liˈbɾa.ɾi/ [kɐ.liˈβɾa.ɾi]

Verb

calibrar (first-person singular present calibro, first-person singular preterite calibrei, past participle calibrado)

1. to calibrate (to check or adjust by comparison with a standard)
2. (Brazil) to inflate (to fill with gas)

   Synonyms: encher, inflar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calibrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	calibrar
Personal	calibrar	calibrares	calibrar	calibrarmos	calibrardes	calibrarem
Gerund
	calibrando
Past participle
Masculine	calibrado			calibrados
Feminine	calibrada			calibradas
Indicative
Present	calibro	calibras	calibra	calibramos	calibrais	calibram
Imperfect	calibrava	calibravas	calibrava	calibrávamos	calibráveis	calibravam
Preterite	calibrei	calibraste	calibrou	calibramos1, calibrámos2	calibrastes	calibraram
Pluperfect	calibrara	calibraras	calibrara	calibráramos	calibráreis	calibraram
Future	calibrarei	calibrarás	calibrará	calibraremos	calibrareis	calibrarão
Conditional	calibraria	calibrarias	calibraria	calibraríamos	calibraríeis	calibrariam
Subjunctive
Present	calibre	calibres	calibre	calibremos	calibreis	calibrem
Imperfect	calibrasse	calibrasses	calibrasse	calibrássemos	calibrásseis	calibrassem
Future	calibrar	calibrares	calibrar	calibrarmos	calibrardes	calibrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		calibra	calibre	calibremos	calibrai	calibrem
Negative (não)		não calibres	não calibre	não calibremos	não calibreis	não calibrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “calibrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From calibre +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaliˈbɾaɾ/ [ka.liˈβ̞ɾaɾ]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧li‧brar

Verb

calibrar (first-person singular present calibro, first-person singular preterite calibré, past participle calibrado)

1. (transitive) to calibrate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calibrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			calibrar
gerund			calibrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		calibrado		calibrada
		plural		calibrados		calibradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	calibro	calibrastú calibrásvos	calibra	calibramos	calibráis	calibran
	imperfect	calibraba	calibrabas	calibraba	calibrábamos	calibrabais	calibraban
	preterite	calibré	calibraste	calibró	calibramos	calibrasteis	calibraron
	future	calibraré	calibrarás	calibrará	calibraremos	calibraréis	calibrarán
	conditional	calibraría	calibrarías	calibraría	calibraríamos	calibraríais	calibrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	calibre	calibrestú calibrésvos2	calibre	calibremos	calibréis	calibren
	imperfect (ra)	calibrara	calibraras	calibrara	calibráramos	calibrarais	calibraran
	imperfect (se)	calibrase	calibrases	calibrase	calibrásemos	calibraseis	calibrasen
	future1	calibrare	calibrares	calibrare	calibráremos	calibrareis	calibraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		calibratú calibrávos	calibre	calibremos	calibrad	calibren
	negative		no calibres	no calibre	no calibremos	no calibréis	no calibren

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of calibrar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive calibrar
	dative	calibrarme	calibrarte	calibrarle, calibrarse	calibrarnos	calibraros	calibrarles, calibrarse
	accusative	calibrarme	calibrarte	calibrarlo, calibrarla, calibrarse	calibrarnos	calibraros	calibrarlos, calibrarlas, calibrarse
with gerund calibrando
	dative	calibrándome	calibrándote	calibrándole, calibrándose	calibrándonos	calibrándoos	calibrándoles, calibrándose
	accusative	calibrándome	calibrándote	calibrándolo, calibrándola, calibrándose	calibrándonos	calibrándoos	calibrándolos, calibrándolas, calibrándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative calibra
	dative	calíbrame	calíbrate	calíbrale	calíbranos	not used	calíbrales
	accusative	calíbrame	calíbrate	calíbralo, calíbrala	calíbranos	not used	calíbralos, calíbralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative calibrá
	dative	calibrame	calibrate	calibrale	calibranos	not used	calibrales
	accusative	calibrame	calibrate	calibralo, calibrala	calibranos	not used	calibralos, calibralas
with formal second-person singular imperative calibre
	dative	calíbreme	not used	calíbrele, calíbrese	calíbrenos	not used	calíbreles
	accusative	calíbreme	not used	calíbrelo, calíbrela, calíbrese	calíbrenos	not used	calíbrelos, calíbrelas
with first-person plural imperative calibremos
	dative	not used	calibrémoste	calibrémosle	calibrémonos	calibrémoos	calibrémosles
	accusative	not used	calibrémoste	calibrémoslo, calibrémosla	calibrémonos	calibrémoos	calibrémoslos, calibrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative calibrad
	dative	calibradme	not used	calibradle	calibradnos	calibraos	calibradles
	accusative	calibradme	not used	calibradlo, calibradla	calibradnos	calibraos	calibradlos, calibradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative calibren
	dative	calíbrenme	not used	calíbrenle	calíbrennos	not used	calíbrenles, calíbrense
	accusative	calíbrenme	not used	calíbrenlo, calíbrenla	calíbrennos	not used	calíbrenlos, calíbrenlas, calíbrense

Derived terms

• calibración
• calibrador

 

Further reading

• “calibrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16